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Books And Writing

Open pages, folded sketchbooks and simple pencils bring reading and drawing together. Library scenes extend the collection from individual objects to people using books and study spaces.

Explore 200 illustrations for reading activities, writing prompts or library displays. Choose a subject for more compositions in the same area.

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A boy in a red hoodie and a girl with a green hair bow read together.

An accordion-fold sketchbook opens to reveal a continuous painted landscape.

A long yellow hexagonal pencil stands vertically with its graphite tip pointing up.

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A boy in a red hoodie and a girl with a green hair bow read together.

Children Reading A Landscape Picture Book

An accordion-fold sketchbook opens to reveal a continuous painted landscape.

Accordion Landscape Sketchbook

A long yellow hexagonal pencil stands vertically with its graphite tip pointing up.

Upright Yellow Pencil With A Pink Eraser

A wheelchair user browses book images on a computer at an adjustable desk.

Library Search At An Accessible Desk

Round reading glasses rest across the pages of an open book.

Open Book With Glasses And Golden Stars

A person works on a ribbon inside an open notebook at a table.

Adding A Ribbon Bookmark

A stubby unpainted wooden pencil lies horizontally with its sharpened point facing right.

Short Natural Wood Pencil

Two hands place a small rectangular label inside the cover of a book.

Applying A Label Inside A Book

A bespectacled green bookworm reads a blue book among red roses.

Bookworm With Roses And A Quill

An open spiral notebook with a green cover holds a pencil and shows water droplets.

Green Field Notebook

A short mint pencil has a thick peach-colored grip wrapped around its middle.

Mint Pencil With A Peach Grip

A dark green book rests inside an open cream-colored storage box.

Book In A Protective Box

A girl sits on a striped cushion above a stack of books.

Lamp-Lit Reading On A Cushion

A person holds a pottery fragment and a notebook with a sketch of it.

Person Sketching A Pottery Fragment

A broad flat red pencil has a rectangular dark core exposed at the sharpened end.

Flat Red Carpenter Pencil

Books move along a conveyor above red and blue collection bins.

Automated Book Sorting Conveyor

Colorful books fill a low wooden bookcase.

Wooden Bookshelf With A Small Globe

Several notebooks are stacked and held together with a wide ribbon.

Stack Of Notebooks

A burgundy mechanical pencil has a side clip and black ribbed grip.

Burgundy Mechanical Pencil

Two hands hold a tablet displaying book covers and a download symbol.

Browsing E-Books On A Tablet

A gold-edged book opens to dark blue pages filled with stars and a crescent moon.

Starry Book With A Crescent Moon

A person with a bicycle wheel looks at a notebook on a worktable.

Bicycle Service Notes

A short golden metal pencil has a knurled grip and thick dark point.

Brass-Colored Clutch Pencil

A printer feeds paper covered with raised-dot markings.

Raised-Dot Printing Machine

A feather quill stands in an ink bottle beside an open book.

Open Book With Quill And Scroll — Line Art

A person with binoculars writes in a notebook beside a perched bird.

Birdwatcher Taking Notes

A dark blue-black pencil lies beside a wide rough graphite mark.

Dark Graphite Pencil With A Broad Swatch

A turquoise cargo tricycle carries colorful books in a wooden box.

Book-Filled Cargo Tricycle

An open book has uneven golden pages and long red and blue ribbons.

Antique Book With Ribbon Bookmarks

A bookbinder stitches a small notebook at a wooden workbench.

Bookbinder Stitching A Notebook

A thick ochre pencil is wrapped in a curling tan paper sleeve.

Ochre Grease Pencil With Peeling Paper

A child reaches for an animal picture book in a low wooden display.

Child Choosing A Picture Book

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